Manali – Informations and Updates

27th July 2018

Nitin Gadkari to visit Manali to review Rohtang Tunnel work progress.

Today Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will visit Rohtang Tunnel in Manali and review the work progress. Nitin Gadkari is Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation in Government of India. Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur and Forest & Transport Minister of Himachal Pradesh Govind Singh Thakur will also visit Rohtang Tunnel with Union Minister.

8.8 km Rohtang Tunnel is a Central Government project and Boarder Road Organization (BRO) is constructing this tunnel. Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi also wishes to inaugurate this prestigious and strategic tunnel which will play significant role in Military supplies for Siachen Glacier and also connect Leh Ladhak, Drass and Kargil area.

21st July 2018

Manali bandh called by Trade Association and Manali Hotelier Association.

Today, Manali bandh was called by Trade Association of Manali and Hotelier Association of Manali. Bandh was called against the beggars in the Mall Road of Manali and immoral activities of prostitution around Manali. Against this there was a silent march. Other reason of bandh was to protest against slow working of various departments in dealing with NGT related matters.

NGT had formed a panel to inspect over 1700 hotels in Kullu and Manali to submit a report relating to various issues like sewage treatment plant, management of waste, water sources and source of power generation. Silent march also gets support from other unions and associations of Manali.

19th July 2018

Manali ranked 2nd among India’s Top Hill Stations by TripAdvisor.

TripAdvisor ranked Manali 2nd among India’s Top Hill Stations followed by Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir. It is an American based travel and restaurant website company which shows reviews, accommodation booking and other travel related content. Top Hill Stations of 2018 which was based on the quantity and quality of reviews and ranking for hill stations revealed by TripAdvisor. This date was gathered over 12 month period. Srinagar was at top of the list which offers the most options for luxury and mid range hotels while Manali offers most options for budget hotel.

Below is the complete list of top ten hill stations revealed by Nikhil Ganju, Country Manager TripAdvisor India. As per Nikhil “This list showcase India’s most beloved hill station destinations that TripAdvisor travelers love and want to travel to”.

Srinagar – Jammu and Kashmir.

Manali – Himachal Pradesh.

Rishikesh – Uttarakhand.

Leh – Jammu and Kashmir.

Munnar – Kerala.

Dharamshala – Himachal Pradesh.

Darjeeling – West Bengal.

Mussoorie – Uttarakhand.

Gangtok – Sikkim.

Mount Abu – Rajasthan

18th July 2018

Heavy rain in high mountains of Baran village around at 3 am in the morning washed out 6 vehicles due to flashflood caused by cloudburst. As per information, good thing was that there was no loss of life in this incident. According to local resident, Baran Nalla received such a heavy volume of water after very long period. Rubble and remaining of the flood also block Kullu Manali National Highway. National Highway was opened in the morning by the administration. There is also chance of heavy rains in upcoming days up to Sunday.

Car washed away by cloudbrust

16th July 2018

Blueprint to solve parking and traffic problem in Manali

Tourist and local residents of Manali will soon get rid of parking and traffic problem. Before next tourist season Manali will traffic free and the reason behind it is that four lane road around Manali and plan to make a mega parking area. In an ongoing four lane project of Central Government from Kiratpur to Kullu, road widening work is under progress. But from Kullu to Manali its only two lanes.

Manali attracts millions of tourist every year and in every season period (May and June) due to lack of basic infrastructure; tourist faces may problems during their visit in Manali. But to solve this problem, government has made a blueprint. In this, 2 km road from Rangri to Manali and 250mts from Manali to Rohtang Pass road will be also four lanes road. Even small bridges over River Beas which connects Manali and Rohtang Pass road will be also replaced by new four Lanes Bridge.

Not only road, but plan to make parking for 2500 vehicles is also there, which is big sigh of relief for both locals and tourists. In below images you can see the road work under progress on right bank of River Beas. No doubt, this road after completion will look like Marine drive road of Mumbai or you can say Beas Riverfront.